Power Without Knowledge: A Critique of Technocracy

by Jeffrey Friedman

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Technocrats claim to know how to solve the social and economic problems of complex modern societies. But as Jeffrey Friedman argues in Power without Knowledge, there is a fundamental flaw with technocracy: it requires an ability to predict how the people whom technocrats attempt to control will act in response to technocratic policies. However, the mass public's ideas-the ideas that drive their actions-are far too varied and diverse to be reliably...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0190877170

ISBN13:9780190877170

Release Date:January 2020

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Length:408 Pages

Weight:1.40 lbs.

Dimensions:1.3" x 6.5" x 9.5"

Related Subjects

Political Science Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences

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